Gulf Cartel

On July 2, 2007, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, a drug lord and the most wanted man in Mexico, reportedly married a woman from La Angostura, Durango, in a public ceremony. Though already married twice, Guzmán fell in love with eighteen-year-old Emma Coronel—described by a reporter as being white skinned and having a well-formed body—who had recently been named queen of the 2007 Coffee and Guava Fair (Dávila 2007b, 7). Emma had met Chapo at a village dance. Before he arrived at the wedding, a small…

united states. The increasing participation of the drug cartels in human trafficking is facilitated not only by their vast resources and capital but also by corruption in the Mexican government, lack of laws to prevent such illegal activities and the lack of adequate mechanisms that can be used to cab these activities. Before 2007, Mexico had not formulated any anti-trafficking laws to prevent such activities in the country; this gave the cartel more time to expand the business out of the border…

be in preventing drug-trafficking through the southern border? In order to understand how effective the wall would be in preventing drug-trafficking we must first understand how drug-trafficking works along the southern border. “The Mexican drug cartels make an estimated 19 - 29 billion dollars of revenue every year off of US drug sales” (The Recovery Village). The amount…

which more than 300 of Escobar's associates, his lawyer and relatives were slain, and a large amount of the Medellín cartel's property was destroyed. Los Pepes also conducted an extensive information warfare campaign to strike fear into the Medellín cartel. It became apparent that members of the Search Bloc, and Colombian and United States intelligence agencies either colluded with Los Pepes or moonlighted with Los Pepes. This coordination was allegedly conducted mainly through the sharing of…

Villeneuve executes a pragmatic and newfangled drug thriller that evokes the masterpiece, Traffic. Villeneuve’s 2015 film, Sicario, portrays how the United States contends with the escalating war on drugs against Mexican, and in particular, Sonoran, cartels. The film endorses positive and negative archetypes of Spanish-speaking individuals. Additionally, Villeneuve utilizes cinematic tools such as color and light along with the language of sexual assault to portray a world in which the Western…

superb. They introduce Pablo Escobar, the drug kingpin who was the head of the Medellin cartel. Gustavo Gaviria, who was Pablo’s cousin, helped him control the Medellin cartel. The producer introduced Tata Escobar, the spouse of Pablo. Most importantly showed Pablo’s personal hitman, Limon. Limon was the main reason why the Medellin cartel was successful, he carried out orders to eliminate potential threats to the cartel. Limon ordered to murder about three thousand people. Javier Pena and Steve…

In our class of the History of Latin America, we watched the film Cocaine Unwrapped, which was able to provide an understanding of Venezuela’s wraith thiss drug. Being more curious about this topic, I was able to find a documentary series, Narcos, which gives the battle of cocaine in the neighboring state. Both of these states had been having a long, hurtful battle with cocaine. Two different sides of the war on narcotics that affected every citizen of the cities and towns in multiple ways.…

the Merida Initiative, which provides the Mexican government with US security forces along with high-end military equipment, ranging from helicopters to surveillance technology (Quinones, 2009; 18). However, even with aid provided by the US, the cartels still outgunned the Mexican Army—a response to Calderon’s war with extreme savagery. “The problem isn’t individuals; it’s systematic” (Quinones, 2009; 18). The Mexican government failed in its…

Whenever you ask anyone to name a drug lord they are more likely to name El Chapo Guzman, Pablo Escobar, Frank Lucas, or Ismael Zambada. People often fail to mention the Black Widow, no I am not speaking about the spider, I am referring to Griselda Blanco. She is the drug trafficking queen from Colombia who trafficked cocaine and killed her enemies and husbands for power and revenge. In order to better understand Blanco it is important to know more about her childhood and find out what led her…

The terms “War on drugs” was coined by U.S President Richard Nixon on June 18, 1971 to refer to the campaign for the prohibition of drugs, military intervention and military aid all aimed at not only defining but also reducing the trade of illegal drugs. The initiative has for decades included setting drug policies intended to discourage the production, he distribution as well as the consumption of drugs of what the United Nations and participating government’s term as psychoactive drugs. The…